Best/Worst Band Name Ever???

[TheFly7]

MSN had a feature on some of the worst band names ever the other day. Here's the list:

http://music.msn.com/music/worstbandnames?affid=100018&GT1=6230

I'd have to go with Limp Bizkit for worst band name. But that got me thinking, what is the best band name of all time?

You may laught, but I'm kind of a fan of Guns n Roses. Something so rock n roll about that.

Whatdya think - on both worst and best band names??


JeffD~

show your soul

 

[Aardvark747]

Best - U2


Worst - Analcunt

 

[yertle-the-turtle]

Some I like:

Kaiser Chiefs
Pop Will Eat Itself
Happy Mondays
We've Got A Fuzzbox And We're Gonna Use It
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
The Jam
The Clash
X
The Icarus Line

 

[HelloAngel]

HOOBASTANK.

 

[yimou]

HelloAngel,, If Hoobastank is meant as the worst name then i am right there with you...

Best
The Beatles,,, Spot on
Crowded house

 

[HelloAngel]

HelloAngel,, If Hoobastank is meant as the worst name then i am right there with you...

Indeed. A band just as awful as its name!!

 

[Do Miss America]

Best: The Who

Worst: Limp Bizkit

 

[yimou]

Indeed. A band just as awful as its name!!

Amen to that

 

[BluRmGrl]

Not sure about the best RnR name... although I lean toward an ambiguous two-character band name consisting of a single letter and a single number....

As for worst, I'm reaching waaaaay back for this one: Mott the Hoople. Dudes - WTF?!?!?!?!?!?

 

[Down Under]

Best
The Beatles,,, Spot on
Crowded house

.....and "World Party" !

 

[lazarus]

Best:
Guided By Voices

Worst:
Hootie and the Blowfish (I know this was mentioned but how did anyone take them seriously?)

Special Mention for Creativity: (tie)
John Cougar Concentration Camp
Brian Jonestown Massacre

 

[thesuburbskill]

Some I like:

Pop Will Eat Itself

like that one a lot too

also:
joy division
bauhaus
... like these german sounding/related names
badly drawn boy
broken social scene
the jesus and mary chain
jon spencer blues explosion


some i no like:
my bloody valentine
verve is cool, verve pipe is =p
and ya hoobastank stinks

 

[Numb1075]

Hoobastak is awful. I hate that name.
Puddle of Mud = dumb


Names I do like:
Alice in Chains
They Might be Giants
Porno for Pyros
The Who
The Kinks

 

[Moonlit_Angel]

We've Got A Fuzzbox And We're Gonna Use It

...I like that one . And I like the story behind Crowded House's name, too-that's definitely a good name (Split Enz was a cool one, too, if for no other reason than the fact that I found out that there's some box set or something of theirs that has a bunch of B-sides and stuff on it, and that's entitled "Rear Enz" ).

I'm listening to this band right now, so that makes me think of this-the Boomtown Rats had an interesting story behind their name, too-something about the nickname given to the people who came to Oklahoma during the Depression or something along that line, it's from a novel written about those people-rather interesting that an Irish band took a name that described Oklahomans.

As far as worst names-Limp Bizkit...the band name doesn't bother me nearly as much as the title of that one CD of theirs, that one about the chocolate starfish and the hot dog flavored water or something-seriously, just the thought of that being an actual meal or something makes me gag. And this one isn't necessarily a bad name, but it's an odd one nonetheless: the Butthole Surfers. That just projects so many disturbing images...

Angela

 

[learn2kneel]

Bowling for Soup, Smash Mouth, Chumbawamba, Blind Melon, Deep Blue Something are the some of the worst, they're all trying to hard to be creative.

Sunny Day Real Estate, Led Zeppelin, Planes Mistaken for Stars, Death Cab for Cutie, Pink Floyd, The Gloria Record, The Juliana Theory, Kings of Convenience, Rilo Kiley, Jets to Brazil are some of my favorites

 

[elevation2u]

i like the rolling stones, the clash, bright eyes, radiohead, u2, the cure, the blood brothers, cursive, mars volta, muse,

i agree with hoobstank, bowling for soup, limp bizkit, with being bad

i personally (even though i like the bands) dont really find the red hot chilli peppers, the beatles, snow patrol

 

[impy13]

I think Audioslave is a great name. Others include Creedence Clearwater Revival, Radiohead, Coldplay, Interpol, Wilco, and a host of others.

I love Death Cab for Cutie, Modest Mouse, and Jimmy Eat World, but all of the names suck.

Others that really suck both in music and moniker: Barenaked Ladies, Hoobastank, Bowling for Soup, My Chemical Romance, Gwar. Presidents of the United States of America, Butthole Surfers, Crossfade.

I could go on and on. Good band names are few and far between.

 

[The OOTS]

I like (R)apid (E)ye (M)ovement

 

[IWasBored]

sweatpants boners

take your pick whether you think it's a best or a worst.

 

[learn2kneel]

I love Death Cab for Cutie, Modest Mouse, and Jimmy Eat World, but all of the names suck.

To each his own i guess, I think Death Cab for Cutie is a great name. It's origin was a line in the beatles movie - magical mystery tour. i think it fits the band well too.

 

[alia612]

As far as worst names-Limp Bizkit...the band name doesn't bother me nearly as much as the title of that one CD of theirs, that one about the chocolate starfish and the hot dog flavored water or something-seriously, just the thought of that being an actual meal or something makes me gag.

ugh YES.

I do like IfIHadAHiFi, Matching Mole (and the origin of that one!), Hüsker Dü, Bash & Pop, My Morning Jacket, Interpol, Desaparecidos, Manic Street Preachers, One Star Hotel, Dandy Warhols, You Am I... (some of these seem so mundane when you're just talking about the band, but when you stop to think about what it actually means, it gets a lot funnier.)

 

[LeafsNation]

...Korn is about the worst I've heard...

 

[Acrobat_Al]

U2, The Beatles, Radiohead, Oasis

 

[SkeeK]

british sea power is a cool name.
same for dismemberment plan
and John Vanderslice (though he probably had nothing to do with it)

 

[Zoots]

What about Ned's Atomic Dustbin? What about that boyband, A1?

 

[david]

best: echo and the bunnymen

worst: phish

 

[Cute Irish Bono]

Worst: Hootie And The Blowfish, Foo Fighters and Clearwater Crendence Reivial.

Best: Alien Ant Farm, Oleander, Apollo 440, 5th Dimension, and Jimmy Eat World, and Verve Pipe.

Ones I am not sure about: The Cars and Interpol.

I have a lot but those were some.

 

[Cute Irish Bono]

best: echo and the bunnymen

worst: phish

 

[Moonlit_Angel]

I actually think Creedence Clearwater Revival's kind of a cool band name myself, but ...if you don't care for it, 'tis fine .

ugh YES.

Glad to see I'm not the only one . Seriously, that just sounds so...blech.

Angela

 

[Zoots]

One of my roommates thinks Fred Durst is a closet homosexual, judging by the album titles.